Gutter hanger



oct. 12,1926. 1,502,420

Y M. sussMAN v GUTTR HANGER Filed Feb.- 10. 1923 Einw/nto@ Patented Get. l2, i926.

MORRIS SUSSMAN, OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, ASSIGN'OR TO B. TROHN INC., OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEVI YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW' YORK.

GUTTER HANGER.

Application filed February 10, 19.23. Serial No. 618,244.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gutter hangers and has for one of its objects to provide a hanger formed from a single blank or strip of material that is bent into the proper configuration with the adjacent ends thereof interlocked and having -a supporting bracket therefor struck out from thestrip.

Another object of the invention is toprovide a gutter hanger vwherein `the same is formed from a single strip of material'of a length substantially equal to the combined length of the cross and arched bars of the hanger with a supporting bracket for the 1' hanger struck out from the hanger strip intermediate the sides and ends thereof providing a pair of spaced suplgiortingv bars in the arched portion of the hanger and an opening in the cross bar at the end thereof adjacent the edge of the roof, the formation of the bracket supporting the hanger' in the manner herein stated permitting the formation of thebracket from the same strip of material from which the hanger is constructed.

characters designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a gutter hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention, a portion of a roof being illustrated by dotted lines, while the gutter associated with the hanger is shown in cross-section.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the hanger showing a portion of a gutter supported therein,

Figure 3 is a detail sectional View taken on line Ill-Hl of Fig. 1 showing the reinforcing side flanges carried by the cross bar of the hanger and the spaced arched bars of the hanger formed by striking out the supporting bracket, and

Figure t is a fragmentary top plan View partly in section yof the hanger and gutter' showing adgacent ends of the cross and arched bars spread apart or separated for wedging or binding engagement with the adjaf cent edge of the gutter. The gutter hanger disclosed in this application is formed from a single strip of material of a length substantially equal tothe arch bar or lower curvedportion or bottom wall of a gutter and the distance between the upper edges thereof, a saving of material in the formation of the `supporting bracket for the hanger being effected by striking out the supporting bracket from the strip at pointsy intermediate the sides and ends` thereof withthe supporting bracket forming an integral part of the hanger.

rlhe single strip of material from which the hanger is constructed is, bent to provide an upper cross bar 1 and a depending arched baru2, the cross bar 1 extending between the upper edges of the gutter 3 while the 'lower arched bar 2 'intimately engages and supports the gutter 3 as shown in Fig. 1. The opposite side edges lof the cross bar 1 are bent at right angles to provide side reinforcing flanges 4 as clearly illustrated.

The adjacent free 'ends of the cross and arched bars are interlockingly connected, the free end of the cross bar being bent as at 5 and providedwith ,a slotted'opening 6, the bent end engaging the rollededge or bead 7 upon the outer edge of the gutter 8, while the free end of the arched bar 2 is bent as at 8 for engaging the lower edge of the bead 7 and carries a tongue' 9 that is inserted through the slot 6 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for securing the gutter in the hanger.

The supporting bracket 1()` is struck out from portions of the cross bar 1 and arched bar 2 forming spaced arched bar sections as shown in Fig. 3 and an opening in one end of the cross bar 1, the bracket 10 being anchored beneath the roof boards 11 as shown in Fig, 1 while the inner side edge of the hanger and gutter engage the side wall 12 of a building. The integrally connected ends 13 of the cross andl arched bars are formed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for intimately engaging the adjacent edge of the gutter 3 to form a binding or frictional engagement therebetween, the integral and interlocking connections between the cross and arched bars preventing shifting movement of the gutter in the hanger. i

As shown in Fig. 4e, the manner of striking out the supporting brackets from the cross and arched bars provides spaced bar sections, and if desired, the cross bar sections l may be spread apart or separated to cause the ends 13 thereof at their point of integral connection with the arched bar Q to more intimately or frictionally engage the gutter rom theabore de'tail Idescription of the device, it is believed that the construction and operation as well as vthe method of forming the saine will at once be apparent, it bein-g noted 'that the hanger and supportingn bracket therefor :are formed from fa single strip of in'a'terral vof a length 'substantially "equal to the ldistance between the upper edges of a gutter and the length of the lower curved wall thereof, the supportingl bracket being struck 'out vfrom the cross and arched bars of the hanger at points spaced from the sices and ends thereof resulting` in a considerable saving of material when compared with the mounting,` of a separate and independent supporting bracket. p

lNhil'e there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood tlratlmin'or changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What isclaimed as new is zrl. A gutterha'nger comprising cross and arch bars, and a supporting bracket for 'the hanger struck-out vfrom portions of the cross and arch bars.

2. In a gutter hanger wherein the same is formed of a single strip ofmaterlah a supporting bracket struck out from the hanger Vintermediate the sides and 'ends thereof and an interlocking connection between the vends of said hanger.

3. In a gutter hanger wherein the same is formed of a single strip of material bent to form cross and arch bars for the hanger,

a hanger supporting bracket struck out fromA the hangerI intermediate the sides and ends thereof and an iiiterlocking connection between the adjacent ends of the cross and arched bars.

4. In a gutter hanger wherein the saine is formed of a single strip'of material bent to form cross and arch bars for the hanger, hanger supporting bracket struck out from portions -of the cross and arched bars, and an interlocking` connection between adjacent endsof the cross and arched bars.

Ina gutter han-'ger wherein the same is formed of a. single strip of material vbent to forifn cross and arch bars fory the hanger, a hanger supporting kbracket struck out from portions `of the `cross and arched bars, the struck-'out' portion in the arched bar extending over the major Alength thereof to. pro- Vide spaced supporting bars, `the struck-out portion in the'cross bar being located at the end thereof adjacent the roof edge, and an interlocking connection zbetr-reen adjacent 'ends of the cross and arched bars.

6. In a gutter hanger formed of a single stripA of lmaterial bent to form cross and arch bars, an integral yangle flange at each Aside of 'the cross bar, and a supporting :bracket for the hanger struck out from portions of the rcross and arch bars intermedi- Aate thesides and ends thereof.

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MORRIS SUSSMAN. 

